Yes, it’s that time of year again. The ISATs. Illinois’s standardized test given to all kids to rate the schools (why?) and to see if they stand up to the rules of No Child Left Behind. If not, then they have to know what to fix, so I suppose that’s a good enough reason for […]
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…but also not that motivated right now to post. It’s probably my sleep cycle right now that wakes me in the middle of the night and keeps me up for the next hour before I can fall back asleep. Hopefully tonight I will sleep longer. Tonight a message on Worthy led me to a discovery
The last day or so has been a bit busy. Part of it was me wasting time on Hamsterball, a clone of the 80’s hit arcade game Marble Madness, and part was preparations for church this weekend. I have been wasting a lot of time on Hamsterball. Those who remember Marble Madness will remember that
That’s how the saying goes, only it’s talking about children while I’m talking about me. Welcome to my journey in a deaf and hard-of-hearing classroom. I always like to joke about how I am monolingual, speak only one language, but even with others from another country, when I talk to them they can usually understand
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I bookended my three days in elementary (Tuesday was in a mentally impaired classroom) with middle-school jobs at the same school. Monday I subbed for a specialty teacher who teaches a course about cultures. I am not sure what it entails, but is a separate course from the normal history/social studies courses. Being a specialty
Last week when looking for jobs, an assignment for this week came up and I jumped on it even though it’s an age group I normally don’t work with outside of specials like gym or music, or potluck (floater) assignments. However, it was a two-day assignment so I figured why not after all the middle
Okay, here is the long-awaited part 2 of the teaching poll. Please choose as many as you would want to teach. And please feel free to comment/expound on any of your choices. 🙂 [poll id=”5″] Derek
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Continuing in the soap opera theme of a couple of posts ago, I have one to share from my own experience on Thursday. I didn’t even have to adjust the title to fit as it works well just as it is- they are of course young, and they were quite restless. If anyone knows about
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In a tale of adventure about an archaeologist a substitute teacher from Indiana Illinois (yes I know he was named for a dog, not a state 8) ) a secret organization steals the famous Rosetta Stone and holds it hostage until a billion dollar ransom is paid… Okay, not really. In fact this post really
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An interesting story hit the Christian school news recently about one girls high school team that beat another in basketball 100-0. No, that’s not a typo. There has been much drama about it since Christians are of course supposed to reflect Christ and show Christ-like behavior at all times. The principal of the winning school
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